What Came After
by Manya Marcus
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The Most Important Audience I’ve Got
The Most Important Audience I’ve Got
About this podcast
Stories of how people's lives changed on and after October 7, 2023
Creator: Manya Marcus
Editor and Producer: Ben Wallick
Associate Editor and Producer: Keren Glicksman
Logo Design: Samuel Vilemar
Visit us at whatcameafter.com
Episodes
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- The Most Important Audience I’ve Got · 1 h 9 min · Season 6 Episode 6Whenever I’m in Israel to work on this show, I message a few people when I arrive and say, “I’m back! Tell me who I’m interviewing.” In this case, my dear friend (and former WCA…
- We Have To Hold Each Other · 46 min · Season 6 Episode 5I met Sharon Grinker at the marina in Herzliya. It’s a beautiful marina, and a big one, at least for someone who's never spent time at a marina. By the time I found him, I was a…
- You Tell The Ugly Parts, Too · 1 h 5 min · Season 6 Episode 4I sat with Israeli-American literary translator and writer Yardenne Greenspan in Tel Aviv this past July. I’d fallen in love with her translation of Yishay Ishi Ron’s novel “Dog”…
- Suddenly You Find Yourself Helpless · 1 h 0 min · Season 6 Episode 3I sat with Israeli author, Yishay Ishi Ron, at his home in Kfar Saba this past summer. To prepare, I read his novel Dog, which was deft, spare, and deeply moving in Yardenne…
- The Waves Are Still There · 48 min · Season 6 Episode 2Welcome back to What Came After. This episode with guest Eden Einav comes out just days before the third anniversary of October 7th, and I think Eden is exactly the right person…
- These Days I'm Grateful · 1 h 1 min · Season 6 Episode 1Support our work here! WCA Media relies on your support to bring you episodes like this one. This past June, I sat down in Tel Aviv with Rita Yedid. Before October 7th…
- People Who Are Willing To Do What It Takes · 42 min · Season 5 Episode 17Welcome back to What Came After. In this episode, Joseph Gitler welcomed me into his home—we recorded in March of 2026. Fortunately, our conversation wasn't interrupted by a…
- Your Students Carried Us · 52 min · Season 5 Episode 16Please Support What Came After Media: Donate here. Your donations make this work possible. For months, Yoni Heilman and I kept missing each other. When I was in Israel, Yoni was…
- Cancer Doesn’t Stop—Even In A War · 53 min · Season 5 Episode 15Please Support What Came After Media: Donate here. Your donations make this work possible. On March 18th of this year, I'd been back in America for a few days after getting…
- This Project Is A Gift · 33 min · Season 5 Episode 14Please Support What Came After Media: Donate here. Your donations make this work possible. When I first met with our guest, Dekkel Bachar, at the end of 2025, we talked about…
- You Need To Trust Both Love And Evil · 51 min · Episode 34Please Support What Came After Media: Donate here. Your donations make this work possible. In March, I was in Israel when war broke out with the Iranian regime. Since I couldn't…
- The Ink Hotel: Hezzy, Dima, and Ira · 35 min · Episode 33Please Support What Came After Media: Donate here. Your donations make this work possible. This is my first time back in Israel since the war with the Iranian regime. Things…
- The Pool Is Our Heart · 38 min · Season 5 Episode 12Please Support What Came After Media: Donate here. Your donations make this work possible. Last November, I spent nearly ten hours at Einot Bar, otherwise known as Ripples of…
- I Couldn’t Lose Myself · 50 min · Season 5 Episode 11Please Support What Came After Media: Donate here. Your donations make this work possible. I sat down with Samantha Robinson in Jerusalem in February 2026 — weeks before any of…
- You Know Why, And You Continue · 34 min · Season 5 Episode 10Please Support What Came After Media: Donate here. Your donations make this work possible. In November 2025, I sat down with Israeli military photographer Oren Cohen in…
- Young People Are The Heroes Of This War · 28 min · Season 5 Episode 9Please Support What Came After Media: Donate here. Your donations make this work possible. I met Shelly (who asked that her last name not be shared) in a shelter in central…
- There Is No After · 38 min · Episode 32Please Support What Came After Media: Donate here. Your donations make this work possible. This past November, I sat down with Amanda Borschel-Dan, Deputy Editor of The Times of…
- The Labor Room Is The Holy Of Holies · 44 min · Season 5 Episode 7Please Support What Came After Media: Donate here. Your donations make this work possible. I learned about Channi Rabinovitz through her husband, Itzhik. Itzhik appeared in an…
- Connecting The Children Of Abraham · 50 min · Season 5 Episode 6Please Support What Came After Media: Donate here. Your donations make this work possible. On March 11th, I sat down with Alyssa Annis, a native of Manchester, England, now…
- It’s 47 Years That They Are Killing People · 1 h 15 min · Season 5 Episode 5Please Support What Came After Media: Donate here. Your donations make this work possible. This episode features Danesh Malmir, who was born in Iran and later came to the United…
